In detail: do-it-yourself accordion repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
In the Workshop of Vladimir Butusov they are renovating:
-digital button accordions
and other reed instruments that have metallic voices in their construction.
Once a year, the instrument requires a complete prophylaxis (cleaning from dust and accumulated dirt in the case and mechanics) and once every three years a complete adjustment (grinding the tongues from oxidation). If you follow these conditions, your tool will serve you forever! There are accidental breakdowns due to transportation or impact of the tool. Often, the springs simply break and the tree bursts from an excess or lack of moisture. The instrument is broken or upset, bring it to us. If the accordion is broken, we will bring it back to life. It will delight you with its sound.
The exact cost of repairs can only be determined by examining the tool.
* in advance, you can send a photo, video of the malfunction by e-mail: or by the indicated mobile phones on watsapp, viber for a preliminary assessment
* We have a service of diagnostics and collection of tools in Moscow and the Moscow region. If the problem can be easily rectified, the technician will do it right at your home.
The price of departure within the Moscow Ring Road is 1000 rubles. plus the price of the repair.
Many have old instruments left over from grandparents at home in a city apartment or, more often, in a country house, outside the city. As a rule, button accordions that have come down to us from our fathers require repair and sound tuning.
Perhaps you have an old accordion wrapped in old newspapers and polyethylene somewhere on the mezzanine. Many people try to “market” such tools through classified sites. Repairing heavily old tools can be much more expensive than buying one in better condition. Be careful. Contact professionals.
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Well, if even after repair the accordion is not needed, hand it over to us on a commission. The size of the commission is negotiated.
Repair of left accordion mechanics 500-4500
Repair of the left mechanics of the master button accordion 500-7500
Repair of the left ready-selectable accordion mechanics 2000-8500
Repair of the right accordion mechanics 500-4500
Repair of the right mechanics of the master button accordion 1000-6000
Repair of the right accordion mechanics with a broken deck 2000-8500
Repair of left accordion mechanics 500-4500
Repair of the left ready-selectable accordion mechanics 2000-8500
Repair of right accordion mechanics 500-4500
Repair of the right mechanics of the accordion with broken soundboard 2000-8500
Repair of the left accordion mechanics 500-3500
Repair of the left mechanics of custom accordion 500-7000
Repair of the right accordion mechanics 500-3500
Re-gluing valves from 100 rubles / piece.
Repair of register switches 500-4500
Casting votes from 100 rubles / piece.
Adjustment of voices from 100 rubles / tongue
Replacement of an openable husky from 100 rubles / piece.
Installation of fastening belts 500-1000
Replacement of the fur lining 1500 rubles / piece.
Fur making 12000-20000 rub.
I recently contacted the guys. A complex restoration of the harmonium was required. Everything was done quickly and efficiently. The price, of course, was considerable, but no one else took up such work. I play and I am happy. Thanks!
I haven't brought anything for repairs yet, but my soul is already in place. I have already met a dozen of homeworkers, but alas! I have ten button accordions, incl. 2 German five-row (“Barcarolla” and “Veltmaster”: neighbors give for the same reasons as at the beginning of your article about the dacha load. Thanks to Vladimir Butusov: he acted very humanely: you cannot throw away button accordions: they have lively and heartfelt voices. They need to extend their life, and if the guys succeed, they should be equated with field combat surgeons, especially in our heartless time. It is clear that you are counting a lot, but you are counting without fools: clearly at the prices in the schedule of services. and without "cheating" you normally earn according to the laws of certain responsibility. First I will give you a small accordion with an amazing Cossack ("accordion") Don voice. Every month for a year I have something to come to you with, and then I will give the accordions to the children. Thank you , God bless you.
I thank the guys for the high-quality repair and tuning of my favorite button accordion Tula 302. I am attaching a video review:
Thank you for restoring grandfather's button accordion. It has become better than the new one. The grandfather is very pleased. We hope that it will live a long time and please our grandchildren with a good accordion. Thanks!
I personally visited Butusov's workshop. This is truly a workshop, not a basement or an apartment. Intelligent masters. The prices are certainly not the lowest, but the work was done efficiently and on time. And then he gave the button accordion to one homeworker, and his trace disappeared. There is at least someone to ask. Thanks to Butusov and his guys.
In order to exchange experience, as well as help a newbie, we will create a topic where gurus will share the tricks of repairing tools at home, beginners - to draw on knowledge, well, and DIYers - to brag about new master tools 🙂
ELIMINATING KNOCK AND IMPROVING BAYAN'S COMPRESSION
So, I want to share a kind of educational program on basic maintenance of your favorite instrument 🙂
Even the highest quality "Scandalli" or "Roland" needs elementary care, sooner or later the stuffing and cushioning materials roll down, trample down and dry out, thus the instrument loses its former properties, ceases to hold air, unnecessary noises appear in the form of knocking valves or howling of planks. You can fix many of these and other problems yourself. For example - knocking and decompression. Knocking occurs when the valve plate hits the deck of the instrument. In most cases, the cushioning properties of the valve husky are very limited; it still transfers the valve shock to the curtain quite well. Sometimes manufacturers take care of this and stick the seal not on the valve itself, but on foam rubber, felt or cloth, which is then attached to the valve flap. But over time, this gasket dries up, gets confused and corrodes, from here there are annoying knocks, which are sometimes so loud that they are heard during the game, they often do not even allow a glissando to be carried out. There is a need to eliminate them.
In order to carry out this procedure, you do not need to have a large mat-tech base and special skills. All you need is pliers, wire cutters, scissors, a straight razor (or a sharp scalpel / clerical knife), double-sided foam tape, and three hours of free time.
Having removed the valve grids from the bayan deck, we see the entire breech mechanism of the melody: two rows of valves at the top of the neck and one at the bottom. Valves and their levers are of various designs, you can read about this in Fadeev's wonderful book "Repair of harmonics, button accordions and accordions".
After removing excess dust that may have accumulated on the deck, carefully, one by one, remove the valves from the bipod. It is most convenient to do this if the accordion has a wooden keyboard with wire bipods, where the valves are mounted on a semi-rigid nipple mount (photo). After completing this procedure, you can set the tool aside and deal directly with the valves.
First of all, you need to carefully separate the husky from the valve plate. If the instrument is old, the laika will disappear by itself, on button accordions made in the 70s - 80s. The husky was glued to thin foam rubber, which ensured the silent operation of the melody mechanism, but, unfortunately, after 30 - 40 years, this material tends to decompose, flow and crumble. Sometimes it is easier to peel off the BF glued with glue, rather than what is “held together” as a result of foam rubber corrosion. Otherwise, if the husky flatly refuses to be removed, but you need to save it, you should use caution or a scalpel, while carefully pulling the separated edge of the seal.
After the husky is removed, it is required to clean the surfaces from glue, traces of foam rubber, felt, etc. If the valves are relatively clean, they can be wiped with acetone, thereby washing off the glue and degreasing the surface. This operation can be carried out for both metal and wood, plastic and Teflon valves.If foam, felt or other cushioning / sealing material remains on the valve and it is not going to be washed off with acetone, it can be washed in warm (or better - hot) water with the addition of any detergent. Later, when it gets wet (foam rubber), it can be removed with a brush or knife. If the valve is wooden, it should never be washed, otherwise it will lead! Then you should carefully scrape off the remnants of the matter with a knife or on an emery bar.
Good day to members of the forum! Briefly like this:
I play a little on the accordion myself, but now I have an urge to do handicraft
On the occasion, Tula 202 turned up inexpensively. For about 12 years they did not touch her. Surprisingly, only 10 pledges sagged and the husky is very cool on them.
At least compared to my Stella 3/4 Weltmaster. By the way, note my height 1m 90, respectively, he is small for me. But it's dear because it was on it that I once played in a music school. Something I moved away from the topic.
The foam rubber under the valves has dried up, so I will brush my hair on the valves, clean it and again into battle
Now questions - the resonators do not want to be filmed on the right half-body. "Ears" that are pressed against them
turned away completely. I did not find any more mounts. Only slightly wobbled upon application of force. The right half-case is completely disassembled. Only resonators remained. In principle, it is not necessary to remove them. The voices are seemingly clean, the internal opening valves do not hang (shone with a flashlight). But if the resonators are left it will be problematic with the adjustment of the valves, it seems to me ..
I still cannot decide - the upper bar has moved away from the centerpiece in the highest part of the resonator and the first voice is not poured practically from the outer edge of the resonator. All three. Those. either the mastic came off due to a slight rise of the bar or a factory defect.
By the way, the tool, judging by the stigma on the lace of the late 70s and the price of 120 rubles, is made quite neatly in my opinion. So far I have found only one small screw that was turned in such a way in Tula that it became the letter “G” and another one with a folded slot, which I spent an hour on. Since it was just on the back plate fastener (I do not know the correct name) with valves. Where to look (from which to turn out) such screws?
What to do with the felt / felt under the right keyboard keys? In perspective
I would like to replace it with something. New somewhere on> do not offer - the price of this button accordion will pull
The most important thing is that I look at the Tula button accordions with a disease with slight corrosion / darkening of chrome rims on the keys of the right keyboard. What can you do about it? Complete Dremel
with polishing paste? In general, corrosion with citric acid is well removed from chromium, but I'm afraid this is not applicable to the button accordion.
In the Workshop of Vladimir Butusov they are renovating:
-digital button accordions
and other reed instruments that have metallic voices in their construction.
Once a year, the instrument requires a complete prophylaxis (cleaning from dust and accumulated dirt in the case and mechanics) and once every three years a complete adjustment (grinding the tongues from oxidation). If you follow these conditions, your tool will serve you forever! There are accidental breakdowns due to transportation or impact of the tool. Often, the springs simply break and the tree bursts from an excess or lack of moisture. The instrument is broken or upset, bring it to us. If the accordion is broken, we will bring it back to life. It will delight you with its sound.
The exact cost of repairs can only be determined by examining the tool.
* in advance, you can send a photo, video of the malfunction by e-mail: or by the indicated mobile phones on watsapp, viber for a preliminary assessment
* We have a service of diagnostics and collection of tools in Moscow and the Moscow region. If the problem can be easily rectified, the technician will do it right at your home.
The price of departure within the Moscow Ring Road is 1000 rubles. plus the price of the repair.
